Letters of application for employment in the public service. Often accompanied by letters from referees. Letters are numbered 1 - 345. There are some gaps in the sequence ie series is not complete.
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CERTIFICATES - JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
These certificates were issued to Justices of the Peace once their nomination had received official approval. The certificates bear the State seal and are signed by the Governor of the day.Although Justices of the Peace generally hold that positio...
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Copies of circulars received by the Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies. They are addressed to the Governor or Officer administering the territory in each of the Colonies. They relate to matters affecting all the colonies or co...
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Handwritten copies of circulars received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies 1829 - 1838. At the back of the volume are the regulations for the Civil Court for 1832.
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Duplicates of despatches sent from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Western Australia. Although mainly letters and circulars some have the attachments such as Assignment Lists of convicts aboard the convict ships, lists ...
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Includes inwards correspondence, Governor's minutes, reports, memos, etc marked confidential. Cons 1392/13 includes correspondence with the Governor concerning his proposed appointment as Governor of Tasmania.
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CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Despatches and circulars marked 'confidential' received by the Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Like the Governor's confidential despatches to the Secretary of State they deal mainly with such matters as defen...
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CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCHES TO AND FROM GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND GOVERNORS
Secret and confidential despatches sent to and received from the Governor-General and other Governors both in Australia and overseas. They are arranged chronologically. Cons 391/338 includes some secret despatches from the Secretary of State.
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CORRESPONDENCE - COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S OFFICE
The series consists of correspondence forwarded to the Governor from the Comptroller General's office. There are letters from the Comptroller General to the Governor or his Private Secretary, or letters to the Comptroller General which have ...
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Files of inward and outward correspondence on various matters. File for 1920's (Cons 392/98) includes applications to use the Ballroom, appeals for help in locating missing relatives, appeals for assistance by Group Settlers, expressions of ...
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DESPATCHES CONCERNING NAVAL AND CONSULAR MATTERS
Despatches sent and received by the Governor relating to naval and consular matters.
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DESPATCHES FROM GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND GOVERNORS
Despatches received from the Governor-General and ofher Governors both in Australia and overseas. They are arranged chronologically. Cons 391/346 includes despatches from the Rear Admiral. From 1920 volumes are numbered in one sequence with inw...
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DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE GOVERNOR
Despatches have been exchanged between the Governor and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, later the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, and later for Commonwealth Relations.This series of despatches was sent from the Secretary of State...
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DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, RELATING TO CONVICTS
Copies in duplicate of despatches relating to convicts received by the Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The despatches deal with the finance and administration of the Convict Establishment, public works carried out with conv...
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DESPATCHES RELATING TO CONVICTS RECEIVED FROM THE HOME OFFICE
Following the transfer of the management of Imperial convicts to the Home Office, the Governor was informed by a Colonial Office despatch in 1869 that he would in future receive instructions on all matters relating to convict prisons and to prison...
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DESPATCHES TO GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND GOVERNORS
Copies of despatches sent to other Governors and the Governor-General. Arranged chronologically with an index. From 1920 volumes are numbered in one sequence with inward despatches; this number is shown as part of the item title on the consignme...
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Correspondence, programs, memos concerning royal visits including details for garden parties. Cons 1392/12 is a framed dedication and jubilation by T E Mountford in honour of the Queen's visit 1963.
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Files include correspondence, itineraries, press releases relating to the Governor's tours of the Goldfields and the Northwest.
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Printed copies of General Orders Nos 1-22 given by the Governor and issued from the Colonial Secretary's Office. The orders are mainly for the information of Heads of Departments, and also sometimes for all other officers in the Public Service.
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GOVERNOR'S CONFIDENTIAL DESPATCHES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Governors were instructed that when they needed to address the Secretary of State "in a more unreserved manner than a Public Despatch would admit with propriety or convenience to the public interest" their despatches should be marked "confidential...
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GOVERNOR'S DESPATCHES RELATING TO CONVICTS
Western Australia became a penal settlement in 1850 and transportation continued until 1868. At the beginning of 1855 instructions were issued from the Colonial Office that all despatches relating to convicts and to the administration of the Conv...
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GOVERNOR'S DESPATCHES TO THE HOME OFFICE
From 1869 matters concerning convicts and convict prisons were dealt with in England by the Home Office, not the Colonial Office. The Governor therefore forwarded despatches concerning convicts and also police matters to the Home Office. This vo...
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GOVERNOR'S DESPATCHES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Despatches have been exchanged between the Governor of Western Australia and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, later the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and later for Commonwealth Relations. Despatches were numbered in succession, ...
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GOVERNOR'S DESPATCHES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES
Duplicate and triplicate despatches sent from the Governor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Includes copies of enclosures. The despatches are arranged chronologically and have been bound (presumably by the Colonial Office) into 14 volu...
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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGES TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Printed copies of messages from Governor to the Legislative Council. The messages are numbered from 1 for each year. They have been pasted into a volume.
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